I quite liked the MCC style case, it could have popularised Amiga once again with it's cool aesthetics in much the same way that Apple did with the IMac. However, the hard part is designing the hardware inside, and the MCC was probably nothing more than a lump of hand-crafted clay - much like a static concept car at a motorshow.
Back to Merlancia though, before we all get too cynical, we should at least give them the benefit of the doubt and see what happens in September.
In all honesty, I don't really trust A.Inc (please note, as distinct from Hyperion, Eyetech, MOS etc) any more than Merlancia, so I'll be interested to see what happens.